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| ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ All Star Cast Announced
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Sir Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park, Gladiator, The Tenth Man) and Toby Jones (Infamous, The Painted Veil) will head the all star cast of ITV’s adaptation of Dickens' classic novel ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ which is scheduled to begin filming in Dublin at the end of this month.
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| RTÉ Commissioning Round 2008 Briefing Session |
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RTÉ Television has issued an invite to Irish production companies (max 3 persons per company) to attend a briefing session on Wednesday the 30th of May 2007. This will precede the publication of the broadcasters Commissioning Round Advertisement 2008, which will be issued in early June 2007. more |
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| Stellar Sound Toasts Ballygowan ‘Lets Dance’ Success
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Steve Lynch of Stellar Sound is celebrating the success of Paula Flynn’s cover version of David Bowie’s 1983 hit ‘Let’s Dance’. The Irish composer re-invented the track for Ballygowan’s Bodies Never Lie campaign, enlisting vocalist Flynn and playing all the instruments on the new recording. more |
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| Michael Fassbender To Play Bobby Sands In ‘Hunger’ |
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Irish actor Michael Fassbender (300, Hex, Murphy’s Law) has signed to star as Bobby Sands in the forthcoming Irish feature film ‘Hunger’ a depiction of the final six weeks of the IRA hunger strikers life, who died in the Maze prison in 1981. more |
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'Strength and Honour' Screening Debut at Cannes
Mark Mahon - Writer/Producer/Director of 'Strength And Honour' will be attending the market screening with frontman Michael Madsen. more |
New Documenting The Arts Deadline July 6th
The Arts Council and The Irish Film Board have announced Friday July 6th as the new deadline for the latest Documenting the Arts funding scheme. Submissions are sought from film makers who will produce innovative, new and creative arts based documentaries.
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Sound Editors Programme For FÁS STI
FÁS Screen Training Ireland in association with Ardmore Sound Ltd. have announced they are seeking 12 participants for an Assistant Sound Editors Programme running from the 18th of June to the 6th of July 2007. more |
Celeb Chefs Sign Up For Edge Films ‘Food Adventure’
Celebrity chefs Antony Worrell Thompson and Paul Rankin are confirmed to participate in a new six part food series 'The Fabulous Food Adventure' produced by Edge Films for UTV. more |
Irish Composer Selected For ASCAP Scoring Workshop
Irish film and television composer Louise Heaney has been chosen as one of 12 composers to participate in the 2007 ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis (Emmy award winner for the score of Stephen King’s ‘IT’ and a nomination for HBO’s ‘Doublecrossed’).
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‘Horn OK Please’ Wins 2007 Satyajit Ray Short Film Award
The Northern Irish short film ‘Horn OK Please’ has been awarded the 2007 Satjyit Ray Short Film Award at a ceremony in London. more |
Stephen Rea Plays ‘The Heavy’
Irish actor Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Breakfast on Pluto) has signed to star alongside Shannyn Sossamon and Vinnie Jones in a new crime thriller ‘The Heavy’. Written and directed by Marcus Warren the feature began filming in the UK this month. more |
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- Photography Wraps on Cricket World Cup Doco
- ‘Changes’ Sells To Current TV
- Summer Training at Filmbase
- Propeller TV Launches Ident Competition
- NMTC Announce M.A. Film Direction and Production
- Kenneth Branagh To Star In ‘Valkyrie’
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- 60th Cannes Film Festival
- 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival
- The Buitoni Italian Film Festival
- RTÉ Commissioning Round 2008 Briefing Session
- National Youth Film School
- Deadline for entries to the 2007 Grierson Documentary Awards
- Newport International Film Festival
- Cartoon Master Finance, Freising (Munich)
- Hamburg International Short Film Festival
- Sydney Film Festival
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- Workshop with Documentary Maker Pat Collins
- National Youth Film School
- Cartoon Masters 2007
- ITV Producers' and Commissioners' Forum, Manchester
- Media Moves Conference on understanding, shaping and creating media for social change
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